tsa.phah describes applying a covering to an object, especially plating furnishings and structures with gold or bronze.

The attested use chiefly describes applying a material covering to constructed objects: gold or bronze is put over boards, poles, altars, doors, furnishings, and parts of a house. Two less typical clauses present a rug being spread and a glaze spread over earthenware, extending the observed use to material laid across a surface.

1. Plating constructed objects with a material covering · dominant

   Piel forms describe putting gold, bronze, wood, or stone over an object or surface. In Exodus 25:11 the APB renders the clause “You shall overlay it with pure gold. Inside and outside you shall overlay it”; in 1 Kings 6:22, the house and altar are covered with gold; and in 2 Chronicles 4:9, enclosure doors are covered with bronze.

   Exodus 25:11Exodus 26:29Exodus 37:261 Kings 6:222 Chronicles 4:92 Kings 18:16
2. Spreading a covering across a surface · rare

   Isaiah 21:5 uses a Qal infinitive absolute in a sequence that the APB renders “spread the rug.” Proverbs 26:23 has a passive participle in the comparison of burning lips and a wicked heart to “glaze spread over earthenware,” showing a covering material already applied.

   Isaiah 21:5Proverbs 26:23

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the construction passages, the APB regularly renders the action with “overlay” or “overlaid,” while Isaiah 21:5 renders its clause “spread the rug” and Proverbs 26:23 says “glaze spread over earthenware.” These renderings confirm the clauses' surface-covering context rather than assigning each English expression mechanically to the lemma.